Taylor Hobson
Taylor Hobson is an ultra-precision global technology company operating at the highest levels of accuracy in the field of surface and form metrology and is part of the US Corporation Ametek Inc.

Position
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Principal Mechanical Engineer in our Special Applications department, where you will play a central role in helping the team meet the market growth in automated metrology. The Principal Mechanical Engineer is an exciting, hands-on opportunity to drive mechanical design and lead a multi-discipline team to design, build, test, install specials/custom metrology and transfer through to production following market acceptance (approx. 75%).

Job Purpose
This is a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to be exposed to several full product life cycles per year both from an operations and technology perspective, all with a strong market pull, for a range of world class metrology products, see www.taylor-hobson.com

The successful candidate will report to the Special Applications Manager, taking a Project Lead role in the Special Applications Team, based in the Taylor Hobson office in Leicester. As the Principal Mechanical Engineer, You will be an individual contributor, with a desire to work in a mutli disciplined fast moving engineering environment and have a fundamental interest in technology. Training will be provided, where appropriate, in order to meet the skills and knowledge specified below.

What skills do I need to have?
• Experience (5 years+) of working in an environment of precision mechanics, mechatronics and systems engineering, from concept through production and maintenance.
• Confident with technical communication with customers and suppliers
• Track record of taking lead mechanical and project lead for a multi-disciplined team (electronics, mechanical, software, service)
• Project Management responsibility for the development of Special systems against customer orders
• Degree level education in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Siemens NX8.5 (or later) and TeamCenter
• MS Office
• Outline understanding of electrical, electronics and software design issues (control systems)
• Experience of leading a small team

It would be great if you have some experience of:
• Commercial and PM experience (budget control) advantageous but not essential
• SolidWorks and EPDM
• Application of Finite Element Analysis to engineering developments to calculate stiffness and natural frequency
• Maths Software Package

About you
• You will have a strong interest and motivation for engineering systems
• An enthusiastic team player
• Good verbal and written communication skills with a relish for problem solving.
• Self motivated, self disciplined, organised, willing to take responsibility and prepared to travel
• Coachable with potential for a higher position within 3-5 years